48-Year-Old Landlord Hangs Self In Ibadan, Oyo State, Leaves Suicide

On Tuesday, Popoola Adepoju, who worked with the defunct National Electric Power Authority, NEPA, hanged himself in Idi-Ose community. He was reportedly found dangling from a rope tied to a ceiling fan in his room, with a three-page suicide note on the table.

The widow of the father-of-three, reportedly told the police that her husband left NEPA two years ago but his entitlement had yet to be paid, adding that he had started a cement business on small scale before the incident.


His family members refused to hand over the suicide note to the policemen who came to investigate the case, until the Chairman of the Idi-Ose community, Taiwo Alimi, intervened and the note was taken to the Akanran Police Division.

The Divisional Police Officer at the station, Aliko Dankoli, later gave permission to the family to proceed with his burial. A member of the Four Square Gospel Church, where the deceased worshipped, said Adepoju attended Monday morning service and never gave a sign of depression.

A landlord in the area however, said Adepoju was going through a difficult period. He explained that he had wanted to sell his Honda car for N250,000, but only got a buyer who was ready to pay N150,000. He said he had planned to buy a smaller car to be used as taxi to supplement what he made from his small cement business.